Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.

by Richard Cannon

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS

OF

THE THIRTY-NINTH,

OR

THE DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.

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Richard Coote.

Appointed 13th February 1702.

Several regiments were raised in the beginning of the year 1702, in consequence of the anticipated renewal of the war with France, and Colonel Richard Coote was appointed to raise the regiment which is now numbered the Thirty-ninth, of which he was appointed Colonel on the 13th of February 1702. This honor he did not long enjoy, for he was killed in a duel in the beginning of 1703.

Nicholas Sankey.